Dongning Guo Curriculum Vitae
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Dongning Guo Curriculum Vitae Contact Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208 Tel: +1-847-491-3056 Fax: +1-847-491-4455 Email: [email protected] http://users.ece.northwestern.edu/∼dguo Employment 9/2015–present Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 9/2010–8/2015 Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 9/2004–8/2010 Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 7/2014–6/2015 Visiting Scientist (courtesy appointment) Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. 3/2011–8/2011 Consultant New Jersey Research & Development Center, Qualcomm Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, USA. 10/2010–2/2011 Visiting Professor Institute of Network Coding Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. 8/2006–9/2006 Visiting Professor Department of Electronics & Telecommunications Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 2/1998–8/1999 Research & Development Engineer Centre for Wireless Communications, Singapore. Education Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 2004 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 1 Thesis: Gaussian Channels: Information, Estimation and Multiuser Detection Adviser: Sergio Verdu´ Committee: Sergio Verdu,´ Shlomo Shamai, H. Vincent Poor, Robert Calder- bank, Mung Chiang. M.A., Electrical Engineering, 2001 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. M.Eng., Electrical Engineering, 1999 National University of Singapore, Singapore. Thesis: Linear Parallel Interference Cancellation in CDMA Adviser: Lars K. Rasmussen B.Eng., Electrical Engineering & Information Science, 1995 University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. Teaching Experience EECS 222 Fundamentals of Signals and Systems (undergraduate) Instructor: Fall 2005, 2006. EECS 302 Probabilistic Systems and Random Signals (undergraduate) Instructor: Spring 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, Fall 2019. EECS 307 Communication Systems (undergraduate/graduate) Instructor: Fall 2011, 2015. EECS 333 Introduction to Communication Networks (undergraduate/graduate) Instructor: Spring 2005, 2006, 2007, Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, Spring 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019. EECS 380 Wireless Communications (undergraduate/graduate) Instructor: Spring 2008, 2009. EECS 395 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Instructor: Fall 2018. EECS 428 Information Theory (graduate) Instructor: Winter 2006, 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2011, Fall 2013, Spring 2015, 2017. EECS 454 Advanced Communication Networks Instructor: Spring 2016. EECS 395/495 A Hands-on Course in Communications (titled Software Radio Laboratory when first offered in Winter 2013) Instructor: Winter 2013, 2014, 2017. EECS 510-1 Topics in Information Theory (graduate) Instructor: Winter 2007, 2009, Spring 2012. EECS 510-3 Multiuser Communications (graduate) Instructor: Winter 2005. 2 MSIT-431 Probability and Statistical Methods Instructor: Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Short course: Network Information Theory Instructor: Aug. 31–Sept. 2, 2008, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China. Short course: Information Theory Instructor: Mar. 6 and 8, 2006, Institute of Infocomm Research, Singapore. Grants PI, “CIF: Small: Wireless Massive Access: From Fundamental Limits to Practi- cal Design.” Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, $500,000, 10/1/2019– 9/30/2022. Senior personnel, “HDR TRIPODS: Collaborative Research: Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms and Learning National Science Foundation, $833,820, 9/15/2019-–8/31/2022. PI, “CIF: Small: Many-User Information Theory: A New Paradigm.” Spon- sored by the National Science Foundation (CISE/CCF Program), $499,771, 9/1/2014–8/31/2019. PI, “Collaborative Research: Virtual Full-Duplex Wireless Networking.” Spon- sored by the National Science Foundation (ECCS/CCSS Program), $235,548, Sept. 2012–Sept. 2015. Co-PI (50%, with Michael L. Honig), “Graph-based Modeling and Algorithms for Interference Mitigation.” Sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc., $90,000, June 2013–Apr. 2015. PI, “Assured Wireless Coverage via Mobile Relays.” Sponsored by the North- western Motorola Center for Seamless Wireless Communications, $120,000, Aug. 2012–Aug. 2014. PI (50%, with Michael L. Honig), “CIF:Small: Limited Feedback and Infor- mation Exchange for Wireless Systems.” Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (CISE/CCF Program), $498,084.00, Sept. 2010–Sept. 2014. PI (NSF CAREER Award), “Information Transmission and Optimal Estimation: Fundamentals and Applications.” Sponsored by the National Science Founda- tion (CISE/CCF Program), $400,000, Jan. 2007–Jan. 2013. PI (50%, with Randall A. Berry), “Rethinking Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: A Non-Equilibrium Information Theory.” Sponsored by DARPA (IT-MANET Pro- gram), Department of Defense, $700,456.67, Nov. 2006–Apr. 2011. (This is a subcontract of a grant across eight institutions totaling more than $6.5 mil- lion.) PI, “Interference Cancellation and Dual Antennas for Emerging OFDM-Based Wireless Systems.” Sponsored by the Northwestern Motorola Center for Seam- 3 less Wireless Communications, $150,000, Sept. 2005–Aug. 2008. Co-PI (50%, with Randall A. Berry), “Proposal for Supporting Students Attend- ing the Second Annual North American School of Information Theory.” Spon- sored by the National Science Foundation (CISE/CCF Program), $10,000, July 2009–Apr. 2010. Co-PI (50%, with Randall A. Berry), “Request for Support for the Second An- nual School of Information Theory.” Sponsored by DARPA and ARO, $20,000, July 2009–Apr. 2010. Honors & Awards IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference Best Paper Award, 2017. Finalist of the DARPA Spectrum Challenge, 2014. Leader of Team Northwest- ern Wildcats. Lead a group of 13 undergraduate and graduate students to participated in the Qualifying Contest, the Preliminary Challenge, and the Fi- nal Challenge over a period of 15 months. Was one of 15 finalists out of 90 teams nationally. Adviser and co-author of Ph.D. student Lei Zhang, who won the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Student Paper Award [C38]. The IEEE Guglielmo Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, 2010 [J37]. (This annual award is for an original paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.) National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2007–2012. Runner-up of the 2007 Information Theory Society Paper Award [J49]. (Hon- orable mention in the Sept. 2007 issue of the IEEE Information Theory Society Newsletter.) The Huber & Suhner Best Student Paper Award, International Zurich Seminar on Broadband Communications, Switzerland, 2000. Ph.D. Theses Supervised [PhD1] M. Agarwal, Training and limited feedback strategies for fading chan- nel. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2008. Co-advised with M. L. Honig. Manish Agarwal is now with AQR Capital Manage- ment, CT, USA. [PhD2] J. Luo, Estimation of hidden Markov processes and neighbor discovery in wireless networks. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2010. Jun Luo was with Goldman Sachs; he is now founder and CEO of a derivatives trading firm in Beijing, China. 4 [PhD3] Y. Zhu, Interference Channels with Channel Uncertainties. PhD the- sis, Northwestern University, 2011. Co-advised with M. L. Honig. Yan Zhu is now with Broadcom, Inc., CA, USA. [PhD4] M. Xu, Limited Feedback and Information Exchange for Wireless Cel- lular Networks. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2012. Co- advised with M. L. Honig. Mingguang Xu is now with Marvell Tech- nology Group, CA, USA. [PhD5] L. Zhang, Virtual Full Duplex Wireless Networks. PhD thesis, North- western University, 2012. Lei Zhang is now with Qualcomm, Inc., NJ, USA. [PhD6] K. H. Hui, Medium Access Control for Wireless Networks with Peer- to-Peer State Exchange. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2012. Co-advised with R. A. Berry. Ka Hung Hui is now with Google, Inc., CA, USA. [PhD7] B. Zhuang, Interference and Resource Management in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2015. Co- advised with M. L. Honig. Binnan Zhuang is now with Samsung, San Diego, CA, USA. [PhD8] F. Teng, Resource Management in Next Generation Wireless Net- works: Optimization and Games. PhD thesis, Northwestern Uni- versity, 2016. [PhD9] X. Chen, Internet of Things: Fundamental Limits and Practical Algo- rithms. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2016. Xu Chen is now with NIO, Inc. [PhD10] Z. Zhou, Centralized Radio Resource Management for Metropolitan Area Networks. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2018. Zhiyi Zhou is now with Susquehanna, PA. [PhD11] R. Keating, Multiuser Ranging and Localization for Future Wireless Networks. PhD thesis, Northwestern University, 2018. Ryan Keating is now with Nokia, IL. Services Chair, Electrical Engineering Curriculum Committee, 2014–date. Member, EECS Faculty Search Committee (for a junior position in devices), 2016–2017. Chair, EECS Faculty Search Committee (for a junior position in communica- tions, networking and control), 2013–2014. Succeeded in hiring a junior fac- ulty member (of underrepresented group). Chair, EECS Faculty Search Committee (for a junior position in communica- tions, networking and control), 2012–2013. Search concluded without hire. 5 Member, EECS Faculty Search Committee (for a junior position in graphics, human-computer interaction and